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The Stop Turn

An essential move in football. Practice this with both feet. It will give you time on the ball by allowing you to use the best use of the space around you. It allows you to change direction quickly and to send opponents the wrong way.

 

Jamie Rednapp regularly used this turn in midfield to allow him to move an opponent in order to make a telling pass.

1. Rednapp has an opponent blocking the pass that he'd like to make.

2. He moves to the left and does a stop turn as the opponent closes in.

3. With the opponent now out of position, and Rednapp back to his original position he can now make that forward pass.